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Domestic Tarmac Times by Airport
Type:   Year:   Start Month: To:   Tarmac Min: Max:
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Data available through January 2024. Please limit search using dropdowns to a single calendar year. Data begins with January 1995. See New Tarmac Time Data Q&A. for explanation of reporting changes in October 2008 and August 2011.
AirportTarmac TimesStage of OperationDeparting Flights*
TotalPercent of Regularly Scheduled FlightsPrior To CancellationMultiple Gate DepartureTaxi-OutTaxi-InAt Diversion Airport
New York, NY (JFK)1900.16101416402119,672
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)930.101113640593,210
Washington, DC (IAD)890.131845601166,535
New York, NY (LGA)520.059113200100,686
Atlanta, GA (ATL)460.01463600419,211
Chicago, IL (ORD)390.011062300314,690
Newark, NJ (EWR)330.03482100119,134
Washington, DC (DCA)300.0478150080,179
Baltimore, MD (BWI)260.03391004101,281
Charlotte, NC (CLT)260.02302201117,323
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)240.01331710265,100
Boston, MA (BOS)200.02111800110,760
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)140.0213100057,993
Detroit, MI (DTW)130.0162500152,499
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)120.01021000120,080
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)100.072020614,044
Denver, CO (DEN)100.0041500236,179
Columbus, OH (CMH)90.030270030,524
Miami, FL (MIA)80.010161064,159
Dayton, OH (DAY)70.052410014,413
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)60.0000600131,845
Huntsville, AL (HSV)50.050000510,800
Richmond, VA (RIC)50.030030216,942
Tucson, AZ (TUS)40.020010321,884
Indianapolis, IN (IND)40.010030138,392
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)40.010020244,334
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)40.011030053,454
Eagle, CO (EGE)30.14201002,183
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE)30.07001024,078
Akron, OH (CAK)30.03102008,900
Memphis, TN (MEM)30.000030072,030
Rockford, IL (RFD)2 00002 
Alexandria, LA (AEX)20.07001012,960
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)20.03000026,682
Rochester, NY (ROC)20.020020013,206
Fayetteville, AR (XNA)20.010020013,788
Norfolk, VA (ORF)20.010020015,263
Hartford, CT (BDL)20.010020023,808
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)20.010010128,973
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)20.010010134,914
San Antonio, TX (SAT)20.010010138,231
St. Louis, MO (STL)20.000000258,868
Orlando, FL (MCO)20.0000101121,718
San Francisco, CA (SFO)20.0001100136,923
Houston, TX (IAH)20.0000200183,035
Houston, TX (EFD)1 00001 
Cheyenne, WY (CYS)1 00001 
Nassau, The Bahamas (NAS)1 00001 
Springfield, IL (SPI)10.07010001,433
Daytona Beach, FL (DAB)10.05001002,152
Champaign/Urbana, IL (CMI)10.04001002,289
Abilene, TX (ABI)10.04000012,497
Rochester, MN (RST)10.03000012,873
Fayetteville, NC (FAY)10.03001003,102
Augusta, GA (AGS)10.03000013,119
Charleston/Dunbar, WV (CRW)10.03001003,566
South Bend, IN (SBN)10.02000014,544
Peoria, IL (PIA)10.02001004,879
Fort Wayne, IN (FWA)10.02000015,326
Green Bay, WI (GRB)10.02000016,249
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)10.02000016,362
Portland, ME (PWM)10.02010006,516
Springfield, MO (SGF)10.01100008,424
Baton Rouge, LA (BTR)10.01001008,754
Syracuse, NY (SYR)10.01000019,358
Columbia, SC (CAE)10.010000110,060
Greensboro/High Point, NC (GSO)10.010100010,096
Greer, SC (GSP)10.010000110,190
White Plains, NY (HPN)10.010100010,717
Savannah, GA (SAV)10.010100011,259
Charleston, SC (CHS)10.010000113,014
Colorado Springs, CO (COS)10.010000113,285
Little Rock, AR (LIT)10.010010017,447
Kahului, HI (OGG)10.000010020,737
Tulsa, OK (TUL)10.000010020,786
El Paso, TX (ELP)10.000010020,853
Birmingham, AL (BHM)10.000000121,257
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)10.000010022,003
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.000010024,757
Ontario, CA (ONT)10.000000125,528
Burbank, CA (BUR)10.000010028,115
New Orleans, LA (MSY)10.000000135,968
Austin, TX (AUS)10.000010041,970
Kansas City, MO (MCI)10.000010050,648
Houston, TX (HOU)10.000010052,968
Nashville, TN (BNA)10.000100054,297
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)10.000100062,694
Seattle, WA (SEA)10.0000100100,980
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)10.0010000154,482
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)10.0000100193,486
Total Airports8680.011041065832736,450,285

Note: Tarmac times for all flights by airlines reporting on-time data are available beginning with October 2008 data. From January 1995 through September 2008, airlines reporting on-time data reported only taxi-out and taxi-in times. Airlines currently reporting on-time data.

Note: Reporting changes due to mergers. Joint reporting begins after Federal Aviation Administration approval of a single operating certificate.
* Jan. 2006: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined on-time data in January 2006 as US Airways (US).
* Oct. 2007: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined traffic and financial data as US Airways (US).
* Jan. 2010: Delta (DL) and Northwest (NW) start to report jointly as Delta (DL).
* Jan. 2011: Continental Micronesia (CS) and Continental Airlines (CO) start to report jointly as Continental Airlines (CO).
* Jan. 2012: United (UA) and Continental (CO) start to report jointly as United (UA).
* Jan. 2012: Atlantic Southeast (EV) and ExpressJet (XE) start to report jointly as ExpressJet (EV). For data through December 2011, use the code EV for Atlantic Southeast, which will be displayed as (EV) ExpressJet, and the code XE for ExpressJet, which will be displayed as (XE) ExpressJet (1). Beginning with January 2012 data, use the code EV for ExpressJet.
• Endeavor (9E) operated as Pinnacle prior to August 2013. Envoy (MQ) operated as American Eagle prior to April 2014.
• Southwest (WN) and AirTran (FL) began reporting jointly as WN in January 2015 following their 2011 merger announcement.
• American (AA) and US Airways (US) began reporting jointly as AA in July 2015 following their 2013 merger announcement.

Note: Numbers found here may differ from those previously available on the BTS website and on the Air Travel Consumer Report. Beginning with the release of May 2010 data, lengthy tarmac times are measured as more than 3 hours (181 minutes plus). Previous releases used the measurement of 3 hours or more (180 minutes plus). 2-hour and 1-hour tarmac times have been changed to conform. Data from previous months on this application have been revised but may differ from the previously-released Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, which were not revised. Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, beginning with the release of May 2010 data in the July report, will reflect the change in measurement.

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Explanation of Stage of Operation
Prior to Cancellation: Flight left the gate but was cancelled at the origin airport
Multiple Gate Departure: Flight left the gate, then returned and then left again to resume normal operation. Tarmac time is the time before the return to the gate.
Taxi-out: The time between gate departure and wheels-off
Taxi-in: The time between wheels-on and gate arrival
At Diversion Airport: The tarmac time at the alternate airport

* Departing flights reported by 18 airlines reporting on-time data.

The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 10 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines started reporting for the first time)
2001: 12 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines ceased reporting for the first time)
2002: 10
2003: 17 (18 starting in November when Hawaiian Airlines started reporting)
2004: 19
2005: 20 (19 through April after which Frontier Airlines started reporting)
2006: 20 (19 through March after which Aloha Airlines started reporting for the second time)
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)
2009: 19
2010: 18
2011: 16
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 14
2015: 13 (14 through June after which American and US Airways began joint reporting)
2016: 12
2017: 12
2018: 17 (18 through March after which Alaska Airlines and Virgin America began joint reporting)
2019: 17
2020: 17
2021: 17